Why Music? Music and Memory

27 September, 2015 @ 11:15 am - 1:00 pm

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Music psychologist Victoria Williamson is joined by principle players of Aurora Orchestra for a concert and talk showing how music and memory are linked in extraordinary ways, from before birth to the dementia of old age. Melody, emotion, expectation and meaning are explored through the chamber music of Beethoven, Franck, Stravinsky and Brahms.

Speakers and performers

Victoria Williamson, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow for Music at the University of Sheffield and author of ‘You Are the Music’

Principle players of Aurora Orchestra

This event is FREE. Tickets will become available below from 11.00 on Friday 28 August.